The Origin of Attic Comedy - Brossura

Cornford, Francis MacDonald

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ISBN 10: 0521182077 ISBN 13: 9780521182072

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

The Origin of Attic Comedy was originally published in 1934. Its author, Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874–1943), was Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Beginning with Aristotle's observation that from the earliest stage Attic Comedy had 'certain definite forms', Cornford shows that these forms are clearly observable in the plays of Aristophanes and that they derived from a ritual drama common to both tragedy and comedy. Cornford was surprised by his own conclusions and his enquiries led him far from his original view that Aristophanic Comedy was composed of loosely connected and foreign sources. Combining a close examination of the eleven extant plays of Aristophanes and a broad treatment of the relationship between tragedy and comedy, this book will continue to merit review as a robust study of the origins of ancient Greek comedy.

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Descrizione del libro

This book was originally published in 1934. Beginning with Aristotle's observation that from the earliest stage Attic Comedy had 'certain definite forms', F. M. Cornford shows that these forms are clearly observable in the plays of Aristophanes and that they derived from a ritual drama common to both tragedy and comedy.

Contenuti

1. Introductory; 2. The exodos; 3. The phallic songs; 4. Some types of dramatic fertility ritual; 5. Agon, sacrifice, and feast; 6. The chorus in Agon and Parabasis; 7. The impostor; 8. The stock masks of the old comedy; 9. Comedy and tragedy; Synopsis of the extant plays; Bibliography; Addenda; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521182077
• ISBN 13: 9780521182072
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 266